Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Medical Treatment Act 1988 - SECT 5F

Penalty for obtaining certificate by fraud etc.

5F. Penalty for obtaining certificate by fraud etc.



(1) A person who-

   (a)  is a beneficiary under the will of another person; or

   (b)  has an interest under any instrument under which another person is the
        donor, settlor or grantor; or

   (c)  would be entitled to an interest in the estate of another person on
        the death intestate of that person-

and who, by any deception, fraud, mis-statement or undue influence, procures
or obtains, whether directly or indirectly, the execution by that other person
of a certificate under this Act, forfeits any interest under the will,
instrument or intestacy, as the case requires.

(2) This section is in addition to any other penalty in respect of the
deception, fraud, mis-statement or undue influence under any other Act or law.